Indian vs Athapascan

Athapascan vs Indian

Indian and Athapascan both are nouns.

Indian is an adjective but Athapascan is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Indian	Yes	Yes	No	No
Athapascan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Athapascan is a hyponym of Indian; that is, Athapascan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Indian:

Indian: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
Athapascan: a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

Other hyponyms of Indian include Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin, Atakapa, Atakapa language, Atakapan, Atakapan language, Attacapa, Attacapa language, Attacapan, Attacapan language, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language, Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language, Na-Dene, Mosan, Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language, Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois, Kechua, Kechua language, Kechuan, Kechuan language, Quechua, Quechua language, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Maracan language, Maraco, Maraco language, Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language, Arawak, Arawakan, Carib, Caribbean language, Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language, Maya, Mayan, Mayan language, Siouan, Siouan language, Tanoan, Tanoan language, Hoka, Hokan, Penutian.

Indian (noun)	Athapascan (noun)
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians	a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
a native or inhabitant of India	a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska

Indian (adjective)	Athapascan (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

Difference between Indian and Athapascan

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